WILL: Stephen Germond;  Lansingburgh, Rensselaer co., NY 
surname: Germond, Mcfarlin, Lawrence, Sternberg, Robinson, Van Kleeck, Elting,
Munn, Clark, Leonard, Stover, Smith, Fake, Bloom, Leavins, Roe,
Denton, Vincent, Wilkinson, Coffin, McWilliams, Wilson, Doughty,
Ketchum, Beadle, Wilbur, Hopkins, Record, Mott, Mabbet, Hall, Munroe,
Lossee, Vail, Haff, Storm, Haight, Fryer, Allen, Grant, Wilber, Clapp,
Barnet, Pierson, Milliman, Cole, Burt, Goodsell, Barnard, Husbands,
Green, Goeway, Dimmick, Seymour, 

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Rensselaer co NY Will Book Vol. 26 page 232
Written: August 27, 1836
Recorded: May 3, 1839

The last Will & Testament of Stephen Germond deceased with the proof thereof 
recorded as a will of real estate this 3rd day of May 1839.
At a Surrogates Court held for the County of Rensselaer at the City of Troy on 
the 3rd day of May 1839.
		Present:  Job Pierson    Surrogate	

In the matter of proving the last 
Will & Testament of Stephen Germond deceased.
							 Be it remembered that 
heretofore that is to say at a Surrogates Court held for the County of Rensselaer 
at the City of Troy on the fourth day of March 1839 before Job Pierson Surrogate 
of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid personally appeared Smith Germond one of 
the Executors named in the last Will & Testament of Stephen Germond late of the 
town of Lansingburgh in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid deceased & presented 
his petition to the said Surrogate praying that the said Will of the said 
deceased might be duly proved & recorded by & before the said Surrogate according 
to the form of the statute in such case made & provided – And the said Executor 
then & there made satisfactory proof before the said Surrogate that the said 
Stephen Germond died a natural death at his residence in the Town of Lansingburgh 
in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid on or about the 5th day of September 1836. 
& that the Will of the said deceased relates to both real & personal estate. And 
the said Executor there & then made satisfactory proofs of the names & places of 
residence of all the heirs at law & next of kin to the said deceased according to 
the form of the statute in such case made & provided & that all the said heirs at 
law & next of kin to the said deceased were of full age except Elmira Germond, 
Mary E. Germond, Phebe Ann Barnet, Martha M. Barnet, Dewitt C. Barnet, William H. 
Barnet, Sarah M. Germond, William Germond, Levi Germond, Jane Ann McFarlin, James 
McFarlin, Maria McFarlin and Jonathan Vincent who were minors & had no general 
guardian in the State of New York. And thereupon the said Surrogate did then & 
there appoint Ebenezer Wilson Junior, Esquire of the City of Troy in said County 
special guardian for the said minors respectively for the purpose of taking care 
of their respective interests in the premises. And the said Ebenezer Wilson 
Junior Esquire did then & there give his written consent which has been duly 
filed in the office of the said Surrogate to accept such appointment & to serve 
as such special guardian for the said minors according to the form of the statute 
in such case made & provided –

	And thereupon the said Surrogate did then & there issue a citation to all 
the adult heirs at law & next of kin to the said deceased and to the said special 
guardian of said minors requiring them to appear & attend the Probate of the said 
Last Will & Testament of the said deceased in manner & form & in pursuance of the 
statute in such case made & provided –

	And thereupon afterwards that is to say at a Surrogates Court held for 
the County of Rensselaer at the City of Troy on the 1st day of April 1839 before 
the said Surrogate the said Executor again appeared before the said Surrogate & 
made satisfactory proof that Isaac Germond who resided as was supposed at the 
Town of Manchester in the County of Ontario & Schuyler Germond who was supposed 
to reside in the Town of Bath in the County of Steuben were two of the heirs at 
law & next of kin to the said deceased & that their names had been omitted in the 
Citations heretofore issued as aforesaid.  Whereupon the said Surrogate did 
thereupon issue an additional citation including as well the names of the said 
Isaac Germond & Schuyler Germond as the said other heirs at law & next of kin to 
the said deceased & the special guardian aforesaid & bearing date on the said 
11th day of March 1839 requiring them to appear & attend the Probate of the said 
Will in manner & form & according to the form of the statute in such case made & 
provided. And afterwards that is to say at a Surrogates Court held for the County 
of Rensselaer at the city of Troy on the 16th day of April 1839 before Job 
Pierson Surrogate of said County the said Smith Germond Executor as aforesaid 
again appeared & made an affidavit now on file in the office of the said 
Surrogate in the words & figures following to wit:

In the matter of proving the last }
Will & Testament of Stephen Germond Deceased.}
Rensselaer County ss: Smith Germond one of the Executors named in the last Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond deceased being duly sworn upon his oath says that 
since he made applications to the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer to have 
the said last Will & Testament proved before the said Surrogate he is informed & 
believes that Benjamin A. Germond is deceased & that he died on or about the 
fourth day of April instant at the Town of Dover in the County of Dutchess and 
that he left only one child & heir at law viz. Charles Germond who is a minor 
under the age of twenty one years & who has no general guardian in the State of 
New York & further saith not –
Sworn this 16th day}	
of April 1839 Before me}                            Smith Germond 
	J. Pierson Surrogate
And thereupon the said Surrogate on the application of the said Smith Germond 
Executor as aforesaid did by the order of the said Surrogate for the purpose duly 
made & entered appoint the said Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire Special guardian 
for the said Charles Germond the said minor who became one of the heirs at law of 
the said Stephen Germond deceased & by the death of the said Benjamin A. Germond 
for the purpose of taking care of the interests of the said minor in the said 
proceedings and the said Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire then & there gave his 
written consent which has been duly filed in the office of the said Surrogate to 
accept such appointment & to serve as such special guardian. And thereupon the 
said Surrogate did issue a citation under his hand and official seal directed to 
the said Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire special guardian as aforesaid for the 
said last named minor requiring him to appear before the said Surrogate & attend 
the Probate of the said Will in manner & form as proscribed by the statute of the 
State of New York.

	And afterwards that is to say at a Surrogates Court held for the County 
of Rensselaer at the City of Troy on the second day of May 1839 before the said 
Surrogate the said Executors again appeared before the said Surrogate & returned 
the said several citations heretofore issued in said matter with affidavits and 
admissions annexed of the due service, direction and publication thereof upon & 
to the several persons required by law to be served therewith  which said several 
citations & affidavits & admissions of the due service direction and Publication 
thereof are in the words & figures following that is to say.

The people of the State of New York.  By the grace of God free and independent:
To Anna the wife of Samuel R. Bloom, Rebecca Jane wife of Josephus Leavins, both 
of the Town of Lansingburgh, in the County of Rensselaer: James Germond of the 
Town of Schaghticoke in the same County: Levina the wife of Hewlet Germond, Sarah 
Roe, Willet Germond, Hewlet Germond, Janette Germond & Isaac Germond all of the 
town of Nassau in the same County.

Benjamin A. Germond, Ebenezer Germond, & James Germond of the Town of Dover in 
the County of Dutchess, Elizabeth the wife of James H. Denton of the Town of 
Beekman in the county of Dutchess, Richard M. Germond, James Vincent, Deborah the 
wife of John Wilkinson, Leonard M. Vincent, Jane the wife of Alexander H. Coffin 
of the Town of Union Vale in the County of Dutchess, George W. Germond, Smith P. 
Germond, James J. Germond, Mary McWilliams, Morratta Vincent the wife of Walter 
Wilson of the Town of Washington in the County of Dutchess, Mary the wife of 
Robert Doughty, Monima the wife of Freeman Hopkins, George McWilliams, Schuyler 
McWilliams, Julia Amanda McWilliams, Caroline the wife of Eli Ketchum, Phebe the 
wife of Elisha Beadle, & Elizabeth Wilbur of the Town of Pleasant Valley in the 
County of Dutchess: Mahala the wife of Henry Ward of the Town of Clinton in the 
County of Dutchess: Gilbert J. Vincent & Hewlet Germond of the Town of 
Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess: Harvey Record of the Town of Stanford in 
the County of Dutchess, Susan Mott of the Town of Hamilton in the County of 
Madison, Anna Mabbet of the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Oneida, Mary the 
wife of Samuel Hall of the City of Utica, Peter Germond of the City of Albany, 
Mary Munroe the wife of Doct. Munroe of the Town of Granville in the County of 
Washington, Sarah the wife of Francis Lossee of the Town Scarsdale in the County 
of Westchester, Mary the wife of Michael Vail, Caroline the wife of Stephen Haff, 
Wellington Germond, Catharine the wife of Charles Storm, and Sarah the wife of 
Caleb Haight, James Germond & Mariah Germond of the city of New York, Peter 
Germond & Rensselaer Germond of the Town & County of Schoharie, Jane Anne the 
wife of Ezekiel Fryer of the Town of Livingston in the County of Columbia, Isaac 
Germond & Anna the wife of David M. Allen of the Town of Flushing in the County 
of Queens, Phebe the wife of Augustus Grant of Port Byron in the County Cayuga, 
Parmelia the wife of John C. Wilber of the Town of Wallkill in the County of 
Orange & all of the State of New York, Deborah Clapp of the Town of Athens in the 
County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania & Eliza Germond whose place of 
residence is unknown but who is supposed to reside in some part of the State of 
Ohio. Heirs at Law of Stephen Germond late of the Town of Lansingburgh in the 
County of Rensselaer & State of New York deceased,

And to Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire, Special Guardian for Elmira Germond, Mary 
E. Germond, Phebe Ann Barnet, Martha M. Barnet, DeWitt Barnet, William H. Barnet, 
Sarah M. Germond William Germond, Levi Germond, Jane Ann McFarlin, James 
McFarlin, Maria McFarlin & Jonathan W. Vincent, all of whom are minors and are 
also heirs at Law & next of kin of the said Stephen Germond deceased.  Greeting: 
You & each of you are hereby cited & required personally to be & appear before 
our Surrogate of our County of Rensselaer , at the Surrogates office in the City 
of Troy in said County on Thursday the second day of May next at ten o’clock in 
the forenoon of that day to attend to the Probate of the last Will & Testament of 
the said Stephen Germond deceased, which will then & there be offered for that 
purpose by Smith Germond one of the Executors for the said Will named who has 
applied to the said Surrogate for the proof of said Will & which Will relates to 
both real & personal estate –
In testimony whereof we have caused the seal 
L.S.	of office of our Surrogate of said County
       to be hereunto affixed.  Witness Job Pierson
       Esquire, Surrogate of said County at the 
       City of Troy this fourth day of March 1839.
       	                           J. Pierson Surrogate 

In the matter of proving the last 
Will & Testament of Stephen Germond deceased   
Rensselaer County ss: Nathaniel B. Milliman of the city of Troy in the county 
aforesaid being duly sworn upon his oath says that he did on the 11th day of 
March instant personally serve Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire of the said city of 
Troy with an appointment under the hand & official seal of the Surrogate of said 
County. wherein & whereby he was duly appointed Special Guardian for Elmira 
Germond, Mary E. Germond, Phebe Ann Barnet, Martha M. Barnet, DeWitt C. Barnet, 
William N. Barnet, Sarah M. Germond, William Germond, Levi Germond, Jane Ann 
McFarlin,  James McFarlin, Maria McFarlin, & Jonathan W. Vincent, minor heirs at 
law & next of kin to Stephen Germond deceased for the purpose of appearing for & 
taking care of their interests in the proceedings to be had before the said 
Surrogate to prove the will of the said deceased, and that the said Ebenezer 
Wilson Junior Esquire did at the same time give his written acceptance of said 
appointment and consent to serve as such Special Guardian according to the form 
of the Statute in such case made & provided, and this deponent further saith that 
he did at the same time also serve the said Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire with a 
true copy of the within citation & at the same time showed him the within, with 
the seal of the Surrogate of the county of Rensselaer thereon impressed. And that 
he personally deposited another true copy of the within citation to Deborah 
Clapp, Athens, Bradford Co. Pa, and another copy of said citation to Eliza 
Germond, Columbus Ohio, & further saith not.
Sworn before me this 11th
day of March 1839                                               N.B. Milliman(?) 
                              J. Pierson Surrogate

The People of the State of New York, by the grace of God free and Independent – 
to Anna, the wife of Samuel R. Bloom, Rebecca Jane wife of Josephus Leavins both 
of the Town of Lansingburgh in the County of Rensselaer, James Germond of the 
Town of Schaghticoke in the same County, Levina the wife of Hewlet Germond, Sarah 
Roe, Willet Germond, Hewlett Germond, Janette Germond & Isaac Germond, all of the 
Town of Nassau in the same County. Benjamin A. Germond, Ebenezer Germond & James 
Germond of the Town of Dover in the County of Dutchess. Elizabeth the wife of 
James H. Denton of the Town of Beekman in the County of Dutchess, Richard M. 
Germond, James Vincent, Deborah the wife of John Wilkinson, Leonard M. Vincent, 
Jane the wife of Alexander H. Coffin of the Town of UnionVale in the county of 
Dutchess. George W. Germond, Smith P. Germond, James J. Germond, Mary McWilliams, 
Morratta Vincent and Nancy the wife of Walter Wilson of the Town of Washington in 
the County of Dutchess. Mary the wife of Robert Doughty. Monima the wife of 
Freeman Hopkins, George McWilliams, Caroline the wife of Eli Ketcham, Phebe the 
wife of Elisha Beadle & Elizabeth Wilber of the Town of Pleasant Valley in the 
County of Dutchess. Mahala the wife of Henry Ward of the Town of Clinton in the 
County of Dutchess, Gilbert J. Vincent & Hewlet Germond of the Town of 
Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess. Harvey Record of the Town of Stanford in 
the County of Dutchess. Susan Mott of the town of Hamilton in the County of 
Madison. Anna Mabbet of the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Oneida, Mary the 
wife of Samuel Hall of the City of Utica, Peter Germond of the city of Albany, 
Mary Munroe the wife of Doct. Munroe of the Town of Granville in the County of 
Washington, Sarah the wife of Francis Lossee of the Town of Scarsdale in the 
County of Westchester, Mary the wife of Michael Vail, Caroline the wife of 
Stephen Haff, Wellington Germond, Catharine the wife of Charles Storm, & Sarah 
the wife of Caleb Haight.  James Germond & Maria Germond of the city and county 
of New York. Peter Germond & Rensselaer Germond of the Town & County of 
Schoharie, Jane Anne the wife of Ezekiel Fryer of the Town of Livingston in the 
county of Columbia. Isaac Germond & Anna the wife of David M. Allen of the Town 
of Flushing in the County of Queens. Phebe the wife of Augustus Grant of Port 
Byron in the county of Cayuga; Parmelia the wife of John C. Wilber of the Town of 
Walkill in the County of Orange & all of the state of New York, Deborah Clapp of 
the Town of Athens, County of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania & Elisa Germond 
whose place of residence is unknown but who is supposed to reside in some part of 
the State of Ohio, heirs at Law of Stephen Germond late of the Town of 
Lansingburgh in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York deceased & to 
Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire Special guardian for Elmira Germond, Mary E. 
Germond, Phebe Ann Barnet, Martha M. Barnet, DeWitt C. Barnet, William H. Barnet, 
Sarah M. Germond, William Germond, Levi Germond, Jane Ann McFarlin, James 
McFarlin, Maria McFarlin, & Jonathan W. Vincent, all of whom are minors & are 
also heirs at Law & next of kin of the said Stephen Germond deceased. Greeting. 
You & each of you are hereby cited & required personally to be & appear before 
our Surrogate of our County of Rensselaer at the Surrogates office in the city of 
Troy in said County on Thursday the second day of May next, at ten o’clock in the 
forenoon of that day to attend to the probate of the last Will & Testament of the 
said Stephen Germond deceased which will then & there be offered for that purpose 
by Smith Germond on e of the Executors in the said Will named who has applied to 
the said Surrogate for the proof of said Will & which Will relates to both real & 
personal estate.
In testimony whereof we have cause the Seal
            of office of our Surrogate of said County 
       to be hereunto affixed.  Witness Job Pierson
L.S.	Esquire Surrogate of said County at the 
	City of Troy this fourth day of March 1839.
					J. Pierson Surrogate

State of New York
City & County of Albany ss:  Philo K. Cole of the City of Albany, being duly 
sworn says that he is foreman in the office of the Albany Argus.  The paper 
published by the Printer to the State & that the notice, of which the annexed is 
a Printed Copy, has been regularly published in said Albany Argus once in each 
week for six weeks successively commencing on the eighteenth day of March last 
past.
Sworn before me this 26th day		Philo K. Cole
Of April 1839.	
			T.M. Burt Commissioner of Deeds.

State of New York
Oneida County ss:   
		Livingston Goodsell of the city of Utica in the county of Oneida 
in the State of New York being duly sworn says that he personally served Mary 
Hall the wife of Samuel Hall of the city of Utica in the said county with a true 
copy of the annexed original citation by delivering said copy to her on the 12th 
day of April 1839. And this deponent further saith that at the time of the above 
service by delivering said copy to the person above named he this deponent showed 
to said person the annexed original citation aforesaid & the seal of the 
Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer thereon impressed. And that the above 
person so served as aforesaid is the same person named in the said original 
citation hereto annexed, and that she was at the time of said service of full age 
& further this deponent saith not. 
Subscribed & Sworn this 15th		Livingston Goodsell
day of April 1839 Before me
       Harvey Barnard
       Com. of Deeds

State of New York
Oneida County ss: 
            	 Joseph D. Husband of the Town of Sangerfield in the County of 
Oneida & State of New York, being duly sworn upon his oath says that he 
personally served Anna Mabbet of the town of Bridgewater in the said County of 
Oneida with a true copy of the annexed original citation by delivering said copy 
to her on the 22nd day of March 1839.  And this deponent further says that at the 
time of the above service by delivering the said copy to the said Anna Mabbet 
above named he this deponent showed to her the annexed original citation 
aforesaid & the seal of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselear thereon 
impressed. And that the above person so served as aforesaid is the person named 
in the said original citation hereto annexed, And that she was at the time of 
said service aforesaid of full age & further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn the 17th 			Jos. D. Husbands
day of March 1839 Before me.
	John M. Mott
	Com. of Deeds.

In the matter of proving the last Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond deceased:
			             Rensselaer County ss:
Emory B. Green of the town of Lansingburgh in said County being duly sworn upon 
his oath says that he did on the third day of April 1839 personally serve a true 
copy of the within original Citation upon Mary Munroe of the Town of Granville in 
the County of Washington named as heir at Law & next of kin to the said deceased 
in the within citation by delivering to her on that day a true of the within – 
And this deponent further says that he did at the time of said service as 
aforesaid show to the said Mary Munroe the within original citation with the seal 
of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer thereon impressed.  And that the 
said Mary Munroe at the time of said service was of full age & further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 15th                                       Emory B. 
Greene 			
day of April 1839 Before me. 
			J. Pierson, Surrogate

In the matter of proving the last Will 
& Testament of Stephen Germond deceased
			                Rensselaer County ss: Guy Y. Goeway of 
the town of Lansingburgh in the county of Rensselaer aforesaid being duly sworn 
upon his oath says that he personally served a true copy of the within citation & 
showed the within original with the seal of the Surrogate of the County of 
Rensselaer thereupon impressed, on the persons herein after named at the time & 
in the manner herein after named to Wit:  On Hewlet Germond, Willet Germond, 
Janette Germond, Isaac Germond & Sarah Roe of the Town of Nassau in the County of 
Rensselaer aforesaid & as this deponent is informed and believed, by delivering 
to each of the said above named persons a true copy of the within original 
Citation on the fifteenth day of April instant & at the same time showed to each 
the within original citation and the seal of the said Surrogate thereon & further 
this deponent saith not. 
Sworn before me this 15th                                               Guy Y. 
Goeway
day of April 1839.
			   J. Pierson, Surrogate

In the matter of proving the last Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond deceased
				Broome County ss: I Rensselaer Germond named in 
the within citation do hereby admit that I have this day been served with a copy 
of said citation & this original shown to me, April 15 1839.
			         Rensselaer Germond
Broom County ss:  Levi Dimmick of the Town of Chenango in the County of Broome 
being duly sworn upon his oath says that the above admission of Service of the 
within citation was subscribed by Rensselaer Germond one of the heirs within 
named in presence of this deponent & further saith not.
Sworn this 25 day 			Levi Dimmick
of April 1839 Before me		Und. Sheriff
     Wm. Seymour First
      Judge of Broome
       Com Pleas

The People of the State of New York.  By the Grace of God free & Independent:
To Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire of the city of Troy in the County of Rensselaer 
special guardian for Charles Germond who is a minor & one of the heirs at Law & 
next of kin of Stephen Germond late of the Town of Lansingburgh in the county of 
Rensselear deceased. Greeting: You & each of you are hereby cited & required 
personally to be & appear before our Surrogate of our County of Rensselaer on 
Thursday the second day of May next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon of that day 
to attend to the probate of the last Will & Testament of the said Stephen Germond 
deceased which will then & there be offered for that purpose by Smith Germond one 
of the executors in said Will named who had applied to the said Surrogate for the 
proof of said Will & which Will relates to both real & personal estate.
In Testimony whereof we have caused the seal of office of our Surrogate of said 
County to be hereunto affixed.
Witness Job Pierson, Esq. Surrogate of 
Said County at the City of Troy 
this 16th day of April 1839.
			J. Pierson, Surrogate 

Surrogates Court
In the matter of proving the last Will
& Testament of Stephen Germond deceased.
			   Rensselaer County ss: 
Nathaniel B. Milliman of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselear aforesaid 
being duly sworn upon his oath says that he personally served the within original 
Citation upon Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire of the city of Troy aforesaid on the 
16th day of April 1839, by personally delivering to him a true copy thereof on 
that day & at the same time showing the within & the seal of the Surrogate of 
Rensselaer County thereon impressed. And this deponent further says that he 
served upon the said Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire on the said 16th day of April 
1839 an appointment under the hand & official seal of said Surrogate of said 
County. Wherein & whereby the said Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire was duly 
appointed special guardian for Charles Germond one of the minor heirs at Law & 
next of kin to the said Stephen Germond deceased for the purpose of appearing for 
& taking care of the interests of said minor in the proceedings before the said 
Surrogate to prove the Will of the said deceased, and that the said Ebenezer 
Wilson Junior Esquire did at the time last aforesaid give his written acceptance 
of  said appointment & consent to serve as such  special guardian as aforesaid 
according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided & further 
saith not.
Sworn before me this 16th day
of April 1839.				N.B. Milliman
	J. Pierson, Surrogate

In the matter of proving the last
Will & Testament of Stephen Germond deceased.
Rensselaer County ss: Richard M. Germond of the Town of Union Vale in the County 
of Dutchess being duly sworn upon his oath says that he served the annexed 
original citation on the following named persons at the time and in the manner 
herein after mentioned to Wit: On Nancy Wilson of the Town of Washington in the 
County of Dutchess, Mary McWilliams of the same place, Elizabeth Wilber of 
Pleasant Valley in the county of Dutchess, Julia Amanda McWilliams, of the same 
place, Phebe Beadle, Mary Doughty, James J. Germond, Monima Hopkins & Caroline 
Ketchum all of the same place, Mahala Ward, George McWilliams, Schuyler 
McWilliams, of the Town of Clinton in the said County of Dutchess – on the tenth 
day of April 1839.  On Harvey Record of Amenia in the County of Dutchess, James 
Germond of Dover in the same county, Ebenezer Germond of Washington in same 
county, George W. Germond of Washington in the same county & Smith P. Germond of 
the same Town & County on the 11th day of April 1839, On Morratta Vincent of 
Washington in the said County of Dutchess, on the 12th day of April 1839, on 
James Vincent of Union Vale, Jane Coffin of the same place, & Deborah Wilkinson 
of the same place, all in the said County of Dutchess on the 13th day of April 
1839. On Leonard M. Vincent of Union Vale in the said County of Dutchess on the 
16th day of April 1839. On Elizabeth Denton of Beekman in the said County of 
Dutchess on the 13th day of April 1839. On Parmelia Wilber of the Town of Walkill 
in the County of Orange on the 15th day of April 1839, by personally delivering 
to each & 
every of the above named persons a true copy of said annexed original citation at 
the respective times above stated and that tat the respective times of said 
service of said citation he this deponent showed to each of the above named 
persons so served with copies of the annexed citation as aforesaid, the said 
annexed citation and the seal of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer 
thereon impressed – and this deponent further says that he was duly served with a 
true copy of the annexed original citation on the 9th day of April 1839 & further 
saith not.
Sworn this 18th day of 		         Richard M. Germond
April 1839 Before me 		 
                               J. Pierson Surrogate

In the matter of proving the last Will
& Testament of Stephen Germond deceased
County of Schoharie ss: Marcus Sternberg Under Sheriff of the said county being 
duly sworn upon his oath that he personally served the within original citation 
upon Peter Germond of said Town & County of Schoharie, also therein named on the 
sixteenth day of April 1839 by personally delivering a true copy of said citation 
on that day & that at the time of serving the said copy on the above named person 
he this deponent showed him the said within original citation & the seal of the 
Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer thereon impressed - & further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 16th                       Marcus Sternberg
day of April 1839 Before me                        Under Sheriff
as to the service on Peter Germond               of the county of Schoharie
	   Geo Lawrence Commissioner 
               of Deeds of Said County.

Surrogates Court
In the matter of proving the last Will
& Testament of Stephen Germond deceased.
Rensselaer County ss: Smith Germond of the Town of Lansingburgh in the County of 
Rensselaer aforesaid being duly sworn upon his oath says that he served the 
annexed citation upon the following named persons at the times & in the manner 
hereinafter named to wit: On Susan Mott & Anna Bloom on the 26th day of March 
1839. On James Germond of the Town of Schaghticoke in the said County on the 27th 
day of March 1839. On Peter Germond of Albany on the 29th day of March 1839. On 
Mary Vale on the 2nd day of April 1839. On Caroline Haff on the 3rd day of April 
1839.  On James Germond of the City & County of New York on the 3rd day of April 
1839. On Wellington Germond & Catharine Storm on the 3rd day of April 1839. On 
Sarah Lossee on the 4th day of April 1839. On Anna Allen on the 6th day of April 
1839. On Isaac Germond of the Town of Flushing in the County of Queens – on the 
6th day of April 1839 - On Gilbert Vincent on the 9th day of April 1839. On 
Hewlett Germond of the Town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess on the 9th 
day of April 1839.  On Rebecca Jane Leavins & Levina Germond on the 13th day of 
April 1839.  And on Jane Ann Fryer on the 15th day of April 1839, by personally 
delivering a true copy of the aforesaid annexed original citation to each of the 
above named persons respectively, at the times above stated & that at the times 
when said service of said copies were so as aforesaid made upon each of the above 
named persons respectively, he this deponent showed to each of said persons 
respectively, the annexed original citation with the seal of the Surrogate of the 
County of Rensselaer thereon impressed & further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 18th 
day of April 1839 before me.			Smith Germond
			J. Pierson, Surrogate

State of New York
Cayuga County ss:
			We Augustus Grant & Phebe M. his wife, of Port Byron in 
the County of Cayuga do hereby admit that we have been served with a copy of the 
within citation this 15th day of April 1839. 		A.R. Grant
On the 15th day of April 1839			Phebe M. Grant
Augustus Grant & Phebe M. his wife
To me known appeared before me
& acknowledged that they had 
signed the above admission
for the uses & purposes therein mentioned.
			Denison Robinson
				  Com. of Deeds.

In the matter of Proving
the last Will & Testament
of Stephen Germond deceased
Rensselaer County ss: Smith Germond one of the executors named in the last Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond late of the Town of Lansingburgh in the county of 
Rensselaer deceased being duly sworn upon his oath says that since the citations 
were issued in the above matter he this deponent had ascertained that Elmira 
Germond one of the heirs at Law therein named & stated to be a minor therein, is 
in fact of the full age of twenty one years – And this deponent further says that 
he did on the twenty second day of April last serve the annexed citation upon the 
said Elmira Germond by personally delivering to her on that day a true copy of 
said citation & at the same time showing her the annexed original citation & the 
official seal of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer impressed thereon – 
And this deponent further says that the said Elmira Germond resided at the time 
of such service in the Town of Schaghticoke in the County of Rensselaer & was of 
full age & further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this			Smith Germond
1st day of May 1839 before me.
			J. Pierson Surrogate

In the matter of proving the last
Will & Testament of Stephen Germond deceased 
City & County of New York ss: William H. Van Kleeck of the city & county being 
duly sworn upon his oath says that he did on the thirteenth day of April 1839 
personally served a true copy of the within original citation upon Sarah Haight & 
Maria Germond of the city & County of New York, aforesaid, named as heirs at Law 
and next of kin to the said deceased in the within citation by delivering to her 
on that day a true copy of the within citation, and this deponent further says 
that he did at the time of said service as aforesaid show to the said Sarah 
Haight & Maria Germond the within original citation with the seal of the 
Surrogate of the county of Rensselaer thereon impressed & that the said Haight & 
Germond at the time of said service were both of full age and further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this
15th day of April 1839 before me.		Wm. H. Van Kleeck
		 	Wm. H Elting
                                     Commissioner of Deeds.

The People of the State of New York.  By the Grace of God free and Independent:  
To Isaac Germond of the Town of Manchester in the County of Ontario, Schuyler 
Germond of the Town of Bath in the County of Steuben.  To Ann, the wife of Samuel 
R. Bloom, Rebecca Jane wife of Josephus Leavins, both of the Lansingburgh in the 
County of Rensselaer.  James Germond of the Town of Schaghticoke in the same 
County.  Levina the wife of Hewlet Germond, Sarah Roe, Willet Germond, Hewsted 
Germond, Janette Germond & Isaac Germond all of the town of Nassau in the same 
County.  Benjamin A. Germond, Ebenezer Germond & James Germond of the Town of 
Dover in the County of Dutchess.  Elizabeth the wife of James H. Denton of the 
Town of Beekman in the County of Dutchess.  Richard M. Germond, James Vincent, 
Deborah the wife of Alexander H. Coffin of the Town of Union Vale in the county 
of Dutchess.  George W. Germond, Smith P. Germond, James J. Germond, Mary 
McWilliams, Moratta Vincent & Nancy the wife of Walter Wilson of the Town of 
Washington in the County of Dutchess, Mary the wife of Robert Doughty, Monima the 
wife of  Freeman Hopkins.  George McWilliams, Schuyler McWilliams, Julia Amanda 
McWilliams, Caroline the wife of Eli Ketcham, Phebe the wife of Elisha Beadle & 
Elizabeth Wilber of the Town of Pleasant Valley in the County of Dutchess.  
Mahala the wife of Henry Ward of the Town of Clinton in the County of Dutchess.  
Gilbert J. Vincet, Hewlet Germond of the Town of Poughkeepsie in the County of 
Dutchess.  Harvey Record of the Town of Stanford in the County of Dutchess.  
Susan Mott of the Town of Hamilton in the County of Madison.  Anna Mabbit of the 
Town of Bridgewater in the County of Oneida.  Mary the wife of Samuel Hall of the 
City of Utica. Peter Germond of the City of Albany.  Mary Munroe wife of Doct. 
Munroe of the Town of Granville in the County of Washington.  Sarah the wife of 
Francis Lossee of the Town of Scaresdale in the County of Westchester. Mary the 
wife of Michael Vail.  Caroline the wife of Stephen Haff.  Wellington Germond & 
Catharine the wife of Charles Storm, & Sarah the wife of Caleb Haight, James 
Germond & Mariah Germond of the City of New York.  Peter Germond & Rensselaer 
Germond of the Town & County of Schoharie.  Jane Ann the wife of Ezekiel Fryer of 
the Town of Livingston in the County of Columbia, Isaac Germond & Anna the wife 
of David M. Allen of the Town of Flushing in the County of Queens – Phebe the 
wife of Augustus Grant of Port Byron in the County of Cayuga, Parmelia the wife 
of John C. Wilber of the Town of Walkill in the County of Orange & all of the 
State of New York.  Deborah Clapp of the Town of Athens, County of Bradford & 
State of Pennsylvania, & Eliza Germond whose place of residence is unknown, but 
who is supposed to reside in some part of the State of Ohio.  Heirs at Law of 
Stephen Germond, late of the Town of Lansingburgh in the County of Rensselaer & 
State of New York deceased.
And to Ebenezer Wilson Junior Esquire, Special guardian for Elmira Germond, Mary 
E. Germond, Phebe Ann Barnet, Martha M. Barnet, Dewitt C. Barnet, William H. 
Barnet, Sarah M. Germond, William Germond, Levi Germond, Jane Ann McFarlin, James 
McFarlin, Maria McFarlin, & Johnathan W. Vincent all of whom are minors & are 
also heirs at Law & next of kin of the said Stephen Germond deceased.
Greeting: - You & each of you are hereby cited & required personally to be & 
appear before our Surrogate of our County of Rensselaer at the Surrogates office 
in the city of Troy in said County on Thursday the Second day of May next at ten 
o’clock in the forenoon of that day to attend to the Probate of the last Will & 
Testament of said Stephen Germond deceased which will then & there be offered for 
that purpose by Smith Germond one of the Executors in the said Will named, who 
has applied to the said Surrogate for the proof of said Will & which Will relates 
to both real & personal Estate –
In Testament whereof we have caused the seal of office of our Surrogate of said 
county to be hereunto affixed.  Witness Job Pierson, Esquire 
			Surrogate of said County at the city of Troy
			this fourth day of March 1839. 
						J. Pierson, Surrogate

In the matter or proving the last Will &
Testament of Stephen Germond deceased
Rensselaer County ss: Smith Germond one of the Executors named in the last Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond deceased being duly sworn upon his oath says that at 
the time the annexed citation was issued this deponent was informed & believed 
that Schuyler Germond therein named resided in the Town of Bath in the County of 
Steuben and this deponent caused a citation & copy thereof to be sent to the 
sheriff of the said County of Steuben for the purpose of having the same duly 
served upon the said Schuyler – that the said Sheriff returned the said citation 
to the Surrogate with a letter informing the said Surrogate that the said 
Schuyler Germond had removed from the said County of Steuben to the Province of 
Upper Canada & this deponent verily believes that the said Schuyler Germond now 
resides in the Province of Upper Canada and did reside there when the said 
citation was issued & further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 2nd day of 		Smith Germond
May 1839 Before me.                        J. Pierson Surrogate

In the matter of proving the last
Will & Testament of Stephen Germond deceased 
				Ontario County ss:
William S. Clark of the Town of Canandaigua in the said County being duly sworn 
upon his oath says that he did on the 11th day of April 1839 personally serve 
Isaac Germond of the Town of Hopewell in said County with the within original 
citation by delivering a true copy of the same to the said Isaac on that day – 
and this deponent further says that he did at the time of the service aforesaid 
show to the said Isaac Germond the within original citation & the seal of the 
Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer thereon impressed & further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 11th 
day of April 1839 Before me.               William S. Clark
                         Ansel Munn
		 Comm. Of Deeds
		 of Ontario County

And thereupon the said Surrogate being satisfied with the proof made in the 
premises that the said citations have been duly served, published and directed 
according to law & the said Special guardian for the said several minors having 
appeared before the said Surrogate & made no objection to the said proceedings 
and no person appearing before the said Surrogate to contest the validity of the 
said Will, it was thereupon then & there ordered by the said Surrogate that the 
said Smith Germond Executor as aforesaid have leave to proceed to prove the said 
Will & thereupon the said Will being produced before the said Surrogate the proof 
thereof was in the words & figures following to wit:
County of Rensselaer
Surrogates Court
In the matter of proving the Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond deceased.
County of Rensselaer ss:  Frederick B. Leonard of the Town of Lansingburgh in the 
County of  Rensselaer aforesaid being first duly sworn in open Court, on his 
corporal oath doth solemnly depose & say, that he is a subscribing witness to the 
last Will & Testament of Stephen Germond late of the Town of Lansingburgh in the 
county of Rensselaer aforesaid deceased, And this deponent further saith that the 
said Stephen Germond the said Testator did in the presence of this deponent 
subscribe his name, at the end of the instrument which is now shown & exhibited 
to this deponent & which purports to be the last Will & Testament of the said 
Stephen Germond & which bears date on the twenty seventh day of August in the 
year of our Lord on thousand Eight hundred & thirty six – And this deponent 
further saith that the said Stephen Germond the said Testator at the said time of 
subscribing his name as aforesaid at the end of the said Will declared the said 
instrument so subscribed & now exhibited to be his last Will & Testament, And 
this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name at the end of the said Will as an 
attesting Witness thereto, and at the request of the said testator in his 
presence, And this deponent further saith that at the said time when the said 
testator subscribed his name, to the said last Will as aforesaid & at the time of 
this, deponents subscribing his name as an attesting Witness thereto, as 
aforesaid, the said Stephen Germond was of sound mind & memory, of full age to 
execute a will & was not under any restraint to the knowledge, information or 
belief of this deponent:  And that Martin Stover & Michael LaTouche the two other 
Witnesses to said Will did at the same time together with this deponent subscribe 
their names to the said Will as witnesses thereto, at the request of the said 
Testator in his presence & in presence of each other : & further this deponent 
saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this Second
day of May 1839 Before me.               F. B. Leonard
		J. Pierson, Surrogate of Rensselaer County.
And thereupon the said executor made satisfactory proof before the said Surrogate 
that Martin Stover another subscribing witness to said Will was unable to attend 
before the said Surrogate on the said 2 day of May 1839 for the purpose of being 
sworn & examined touching the validity of the said Will and at the request of the 
said Executor the said Surrogate did thereupon then & there adjourn the further 
hearing of the proofs of the Execution & Validity of said Will to the third day 
of May 1839 at 10 O’clock in the forenoon of that day at the office of the said 
Surrogate in the city of Troy aforesaid.
And thereupon afterwards that is to say at a Surrogates Court held for the County 
of Rensselaer at the city of Troy on the 3rd day of May 1839 before the said 
Surrogate the said executor again appeared & produced the said Martin Stover the 
said subscribing witness & the said Will being again then & there produced before 
the said Surrogate, the further proof thereof was in the words and figures 
following to wit:
County of Rensselaer
Surrogates Court
In the matter of proving the Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond deceased
County of Rensselaer ss:  Martin Stover of the Town of Pittstown in the County of 
Rensselaer aforesaid being first duly sworn in open court on his corporal oath 
doth solemnly depose & say that he is a subscribing Witness to the last Will & 
Testament of Stephen Germond late of the Town of Lansingburgh in the County of 
Rensselaer aforesaid deceased.  And this deponent further saith that the said 
Stephen Germond the said testator did in the presence of this deponent subscribe 
his name at the end of the instrument which is now shown & exhibited to this 
deponent, and which purports to be the last Will & Testament of the said Stephen 
Germond, and which bears date on the twenty seventh day of August in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six – And this deponent further 
saith that the said Stephen Germond the said testator, did at the said time of 
subscribing his name, as aforesaid, at the end of the said Will, declared the 
said instrument so subscribed & now exhibited to be his last Will & Testament: - 
and this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name at the end of the said Will, 
as an attesting Witness thereto & at the request of the said Testator & in his 
presence, And this deponent further saith that at the said time, when the said 
testator subscribed his name to the said last Will as aforesaid, and at the time 
of this deponents subscribing his name, as an attesting witness thereto, as 
aforesaid, the said Stephen Germond was of sound mind & memory, of full age to 
execute a Will & was not under any restraint to the knowledge, information or 
belief of this deponent.  And that Frederick B. Leonard & Michael LaTouche the 
two other witnesses to said Will did at the same time together with this deponent 
subscribe their names to the said Will as witnesses thereto, at the request of 
the said Testator, in his presence & in presence of each other, & further this 
deponent saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 3rd
day of May 1839 Before me.                            Martin Stover
		J. Pierson, Surrogate of Rensselaer County.

And thereupon the said Surrogate being satisfied with the proofs made in the 
premises that the said Stephen Germond did execute the said Will & publish the 
same as & for his last Will & Testament in due form of Law that the same was duly 
attested by the Witnesses whose names are thereunto subscribed in presence of & 
at the request of the said Testator & at the time the said Will bears date.  And 
that at the time the said Testator executed the said Will, he was of sound mind & 
memory of full age to execute a Will, competent in all respects to devise real 
estate & not under any restraint – And the said Surrogate being satisfied from 
the proofs aforesaid of the genuineness & validity of said Will.  It was 
thereupon then & there ordered by the said Surrogate that the said Will be & the 
same is hereby duly admitted to probate both as a Will of Real & Personal 
Estate.  And it is further ordered by the said Surrogate that the said Will 
together with the proofs thereof be recorded as a Will of Real Estate & which 
said proofs so ordered to be recorded are herein before recorded & contained & 
which said Will so ordered to be recorded is in the words and figures following 
to wit:

Will

In the name of God Amen, I Stephen Germond of the Town of Lansingburgh in the 
County of Rensselaer & State of New York being weak in body but of sound mind & 
memory blessed be almighty God for the same., do make & publish this my last Will 
& Testament in manner following that is to say.

First – I give & devise all my property & estate both real & personal wheresoever 
the same may be to my brother Smith Germond of Lansingburgh In trust never the 
less to answer the intent & meaning of this my Will viz:  It is my will that the 
said Smith Germond shall within a reasonable time after my decease & within 
sufficient time to pay the legacies herein after mentioned & bequeathed, sell, 
dispose of & convey all my estate both real & personal at public auction or 
private sale as he may deem proper & out of the monies arising from such sale of 
my said real & personal estate first to pay all my just debts, funeral charges & 
the expense of settling my estate.

Secondly – To pay to the following children of my deceased brother Samuel Germond 
viz. Anna the wife of John Mabbett, Lavina Germond, James Germond, Phebe Germond, 
Rebecca Jane Germond, Almira Germond, Mary Elizabeth Germond, each the sum of one 
hundred dollars which I hereby bequeath to them & order the same to be paid to 
them within two years from the time of my decease if they shall then have all 
attained the age of twenty one years – and to those of said children who shall 
not have attained the age of twenty one years at the expiration of two years from 
my decease I order & direct the said Smith Germond to pay their said legacies as 
they shall respectively attain the said age with interest to commence running in 
two years after my decease.

Third – out of the monies arising from the sale of my real & personal estate I 
direct the said Smith Germond to invest the sum of three hundred dollars the 
interest of which after the expiration of two years from my decease shall be paid 
annually to Mary Germond the widow of the said Samuel during her natural life – 
And also to invest the further sum of three hundred dollars to pay the interest 
thereof after the expiration of two years from my decease to Susan Germond 
another daughter of the said Samuel deceased, annually during her natural life, 
and at the death of the said widow & also at the decease of the said Susan the 
sum so invested for their benefit as aforesaid shall be paid to the other 
children of the said Samuel or their heirs share and share alike.-
Fourth – Out of said monies arising from said sale as aforesaid, I direct the 
said Smith Germond to invest the further sum of one thousand dollars & to pay the 
interest thereof from & after the expiration of two years after my decease 
annually to my sister Anna Bloom during her natural life. And if in the opinion 
of my said trustee the said Anna Bloom shall require more than the interest of 
the said sum of one thousand dollars annually for her support then my said 
trustee is authorized & empowered to apply so much of the principal sum of one 
thousand dollars from time to time as he may deem necessary for the support of 
the said Anna – and after the decease of the said Anna I give and bequeath the 
said sum of one thousand dollars so invested for her use as follows viz. to 
William Smith, one hundred & fifty dollars, to James Germond Mott son of John M. 
Mott fifty dollars – To Stephen Germond Mott fifty dollars.  To Mary Hall twenty 
five dollars & to Betsey Henry twenty five dollars.  if enough remains of the 
said one thousand dollars after the decease of my said sister Anna Bloom to pay 
the said last mentioned Legacies and if not then they are to be paid out of what 
does remain a sum in proportion to the sum bequeathed to each & if any more of 
the said one thousand dollars shall remain unexpended at the decease of the said 
Anna, than is sufficient to pay the said last mentioned bequests I give & 
bequeath such remainder to the heirs of Susan Mott share & share alike. – 
Fifth – I give & bequeath to my Sister Susan Mott the sum of one thousand dollars 
to be paid by my said trustee out of the monies arising from the sale of my said 
estate in two years after my decease.

Sixth – I further give & bequeath to William Smith two new good suits of clothes 
a hat & pair of boots to be furnished him by my executors within one year after 
my decease –

Seventh – out of the monies arising from the sale of my said estate, I direct the 
further sum of two hundred dollars to be invested & the interest thereof 
commencing in two years after my decease to be annually paid to my niece Betsey 
Henry during her natural life, & at her decease to be divided among her children 
if she has any & if not then the principal if any is left to go to my brother 
Smith – But it is my Will that if my Brother Smith should think it necessary to 
expend any or all of the said principal of two hundred dollars for the support of 
the said Betsey Henry during her life that he will pay it to her as her 
necessities may require.

Eighth – but of the said monies arising from the sale of my said estate I further 
give and bequeath the sum of two hundred dollars to Stephen Germond Mott.  The 
further sum of One hundred dollars to my nephew Smith Mott.  The life sum of one 
hundred dollars to my nephew John M. Mott – the further sum of one hundred 
dollars to my niece Susan G. Mott. the further sum of one hundred dollars to my 
nephew Addison Mott-

the further sum of one hundred dollars to my niece Sarah Mott, the further sum of 
one hundred dollars to my niece Sarah Mott, the further sum of one hundred 
dollars to my niece Lydia Mott – the further sum of one hundred dollars to my 
niece Jane Germond & the further sum of one hundred dollars to my niece Mary Hall 
which said last mentioned legacies are to be paid by my said trustee within two 
years after my decease.- 

Ninth – All the rest & residue of the monies arising by the sale of my real & 
personal estate as aforesaid.  I give & bequeath to my Brother Smith Germond for 
his own proper use and benefit forever –

And whereas a great sacrifice of my real & personal estate may be made by a 
forced sale thereof, within the time above mentioned for the payment of said 
legacies.

Now therefore if the said Smith Germond can & shall pay in any other way than by 
the sale as aforesaid the said legacies above bequeathed & the interest of the 
several sums ordered to be invested as aforesaid, then & in that case it is my 
will that the said Smith Germond should have such further time to sell & dispose 
of my said real & personal estate as he may at his discretion deem best 
calculated to avoid a sacrifice – If the said Smith Germond should die before he 
shall have sold & disposed of my said real estate or any part or parts thereof 
then it is my will that the executors of the said Smith Germond or such of them 
as shall qualify as executors & the survivors or survivor of them, shall sell, 
dispose & convey as soon as conveniently may be after the death of the said Smith 
all the real estate belonging to me which shall then remain unsold, and that the 
said Executors of the said Smith hold the monies arising by such sale & 
disposition thereof to the use benefit and behoof of such person or persons & in 
such proportions & in such manner as the said Smith Germond shall by his last 
Will & Testament limit & appoint.  And if the said Smith Germond shall make no 
such limitation or appointment by his last Will or if he shall die intestate then 
it is my Will that his executors or administrators as the case may be shall with 
all convenient speed proceed to sell & dispose my aforesaid real & personal 
Estate or so much thereof as remains unsold & pay over the monies arising by such 
sale (after paying & satisfying the legacies & bequests herein before mentioned 
if they or any of them remain unpaid) to my heirs in the proportions of one to 
every female & two to every male heir so that each female shall have only one 
half as much as a mail heir.  But in default of female heirs to pay over such 
monies as last aforesaid to the male heirs in equal proportions & in default of 
male heirs to pay over such monies as last aforesaid to the female heirs in equal 
proportions.

Lastly – I nominate, constitute & appoint my brother Smith Germond & my friend 
John S. Fake executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby expressly 
revoking all former Wills by me made –

In Testimony Whereof I the said Stephen Germond have hereunto set my hand & seal 
this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred & thirty six –

Signed Sealed Published &
Declared by the said Testator 
to be his last Will & Testament  	                                Stephen 
Germond L.S.
in the presence of us who 
have hereunto subscribed
our names at witnessed at 
the request of the said Testator
in his presence & in presence of 
each other –
F.B. Leonard, Lansingburgh, N.Y.
Michael LaTouche    “dd”
Martin Stover      Pittstown, N.Y.

County of Rensselaer ss:  I Job Pierson Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer do 
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true record of the last Will & Testament of 
Stephen Germond deceased, with the proofs thereof, both as a Will of Real & 
personal estate.  And that the same was duly recorded as a Will of Real Estate on 
the 3rd day of May 1839.
					J. Pierson, Surrogate

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